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World Youth Championships -Sydney 2008 3-Sep-2008 At 8:46:02 PM hipster

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On 3/09/2008 maxdacat wrote:
>Sounds great but did anyone show these young guns around some real crags.
> Seems a shame for them to come all that way and not experience some nice
>Bluies sandstone.

Some of the Spanish young'uns were at Boronia yesterday. Well impressive sport climbers. Eric Lopez,a 17 year old, was one of them. After a quick warm up he asked where Veteran's Affairs(27) was. It's quite usual to stick clip the first bolt, it protects some thin, hard moves. I explained this to him. " No,no...is OK". He absolutely doddled up it. He then went over to Don't Believe the Tripe(29), also strolling up it...he wouldn't have even blown out a candle when he lowered off.
Still, for someone who's climbed 2 35's IN A DAY I don't suppose it was too much trouble for him. Really impressive strength and endurance.
It made me think of my youth...at his age I was smoking durrys, drinking whatever I could get my mits on, surfing, skating and experiencing unrequited love for the umpteenth time...
Back to the woodie, must get strong :-)